Pre-employment examinations for preventing injury, disease and sick leave in workers

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Schaafsma, Frederieke G ^a   Mahmud, Norashikin ^b   Reneman, Michiel F ^c   Fassier, Jean Baptiste ^d   Jungbauer, Franciscus Hw ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EXERCISE; EYE EXAMINATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MEDICAL LEAVE; MEDLINE; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PEDRO; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREEMPLOYMENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PSYCINFO; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CONTROLLED BEFORE-AFTER STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; INTERRUPTED TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SICK LEAVE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84966440353     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008881.pub2     Document Type: Review

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